biography
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Farmer, James (Leonard)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1920– )
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| biography:
| Civil-rights activist, born in Marshall, Texas, USA. A founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942, he led student sit-ins and Freedom Bus rides, becoming CORE national director (1961–6). After serving as the executive director of the Coalition of American Public Employees (1972–82), he published Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography (1985), and became a professor at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA. |
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